Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-01
THE CLOSING HOURS.
Michigan Lawmakers Will Rest for
Two Years.


- Notes of the Closing Hours.
~ Poth houses met at : O'Clock on rho
morning of June .. AMI a Joint com,nitte.
was appolnte % wait upon the governor
Rs ana inform him that the legislature was
* really 10 a lourn. he committee renort
- eli that the governor ha no further mes
" sages each mousse announce 10 the other
It's rea mes 20 close business and pre-
N else at ; 20 the legislature for ls,j7 al
y. 1ourned. The members shook han n all
around, the good byes were said and prins
l. In hand they departe 4. The speaker of
the house ana the president of the senate
; remained until Wednesday 10 sign
bills rs they were engrossef bV the Clerks
II an each cay there was formal N n call
: At - o'clock Wednes lay noon the Doth the
presiding officers OF the respective houses
. announced the adjournment sine dr.
A number of important measures some
G OF them bal ami uncalled TOR measures
plei IN the senate. Among them were the
blll 10 restrict the number of convicts that
may he employed on any particular work
the limit being o. This was intended as
blow nj the Detroit house of correction
Inc bili toappropriate $4,000 for machine
~ 10 start work in Jackson prison on
state account WAS not reached The hin
!, 20 regulate fishing in the waters OF the
great lakes failed The Detroit assessors
bill was rejected. The bill to reluire cor
porations t. sell lands held by them for
ten years failed also. The inter state com
merce act had twenty of its twentv-three
sections eliminated, and thus was made
comparatively reasonable When il was
returned TO the house Mr.. Rogers felt dis
gusted and himself moved To have the Tin
lald on the table. The two and a half cents
mile railroad bill though IL passed the
mouse. was not reached in the senate the
senate railroad committee being much on
posed 10 the idea of lower fares. The Os-
coda and An Sable consolidation bill died
| ON the table.
ia M I'm
ment which provides for the summary
closing of saloons and wholesale LIQUOR es
adjustments which have not paid the tax.
The police of Detroi, are given full urls
/ dlCtlon TO en- orce the regulations of the |
| new liquor law in the town hips Of Spring !
/ wells. Greenfield, liamtramck and Crosse /
lolnte. A number OF mounted police will |
be equipped 10 patrol the highways and |
by-ways of those townships and hold sa.
loon keepers to a strict Observance of the
| law.
The house passed a concurrent resolu-
non author ing the state military board
II IN accord with their iudgg ment to send
10 Philadelphia next September TO partici.
pate IN The grand parade OF the military
ana nava! forces OF the lnited States and /
OF tie var on, states and territories. such
companies. regiments or parts of rcgi
mrnts a, might be deemed proper Tue
expense OF the contemplated exhibition
" q 80 TIC ldhtu from the nlllfaTN fund
ana that there might he sufficient
amount available. the legislature author
lIed the state military board 10 change
the arrangement for the annual encamp-
ment or to entirely suspend il Tor the
present year. The resolution failed in |
the senate, and so the Michigan soldiers
VIII have no opportunity To compete with
the solder OF other states at the great
constitutional celebration
The appropriation Of $500 to enable the
governor and supreme court Judges TO
visit Philadelphia next September and at
tend the celebration of the adoption of the
consttut on pa sed the house but died i'm {
the senate report was made against it,
The senate has passed the bill for indie J
terminate sentences. This permits Judges n
to entence a person convicted Of felony {
without prescribing the term. The prison
oinclal may then re ease the offender on
parole for good behavior and may fix the &
term OF entence: but this cannot be for n 81
< eater or less time than that prescribed b.
10y law .
he house has been considering the Il
amendments made 10 the liduor tax bllI h
by the senate. The amendment fixing the Il
tax at - was non cUncurred in The "a
amendment allowing the bondsmen of sa ~
loon keepers to he taken from the town.
snip at large wa defeated The amend p
neht allowing IA oons 10 open ii
a
clock, was concurred in. the one clos
NJ saloons at u clock at night. instead !
u 10 clo k, was lost. Mr. La Du the in
rent champion OF prohibition legislation al
ana 'eader IN formulating tenn erance 4
eglslatlon, criticised this action lie n,
thought II not nationally accounted for 4
ana would have much preferred TO fix the a.
closing hour at ! rather than to omen il 70
~ u. Az the early morning hours labor
rs. he said, might imblhc a glass or two On
lud lecome untitled for work. losing their mn
wages for the day and squandering the IN
arning> OF the day before The If O o'clock ii
imitation was a small evil in comparison. 81,
he summary arrest provision was non ca
oncurred in. m
SCI
The house committee on ways and means
eporteI the university appropriation bill Q.
With reduction Of $1,000 from the form du
n which IL 5 ed the senate viz. at S25- VI
~ Tor the building AMI equipment OF
clentihc laboratory. a motion 10 make
he amount $4,000 was lost and the bin ,
as>ed, and now goes to the senate for
occurrence. mt
The bill 10 allow the commitment and of
etention OF female children 10 the House no
I the Good shepherd in Detroit passed
ne senate but failed of passage i'm the ma
ouse yeas 80: nay. - Ii was recon. gel
dered and referred 10 the committee on wa
ne judiciary =
oners under the Gettysburg bill George arc
Briggs OF Grand rapids George ". int
rawford of Big Rapids and Peter Lennon ma
Genesee. W
cot
The house defeated the hin maxim, :, ent
upon the board Of control of wa
orthern Michigan asylum % employ a fro
,meopathic physician a medical super- -,
tendent. ate
n, at
- . N'i"hhltte on appropriations tur
~ "i nan nus maze report on the The
use bill 20 equaile bountie, TO volun-
ers III the late war of the rebellion. They
anime the laws and reports upon the
bJect and reach the conclusion that the j,
ate does not owe the ipcrea ed bounties hoo
opposed as matter OF equity or Justice
icy examine the question whether the apo
ite owes The bounties inierentidlly and 70 7
, l., ana answer IL IN the negative Tob
en- they come to the third and last cues g.
IN ought the state to generously aud ,00
lanthropically give this money. Their dea